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Author Cheng, Wendy, 1977- author.

Title The Changs next door to the Díazes : remapping race in suburban California / Wendy Cheng
Published Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (300 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents Cover; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction: Theorizing Regional Racial Formation; 1. Not "For Caucasians Only": Race, Property, and Homeownership; 2. "The Asian and Latino Thing in Schools": Academic Achievement and Racialized Privilege; 3. "Just Like Any Other Boy"? Race and the San Gabriel Valley Boy Scouts of America; 4. Diversity on Main Street: Civic Landscapes and Historical Geographies of Race; 5. SGV Dreamgirl: Interracial Intimacies and the Production of Place; Conclusion: How Localized Knowledges Travel; Appendix: Cognitive Maps of Race, Place, and Region; Notes
Summary Examining the San Gabriel Valley, Wendy Cheng unpacks questions of how identity-especially racial identity-is shaped by place. Informed by nearly seventy interviews, Cheng argues that people's daily experiences deeply influence their racial consciousness, providing a model for considering the spatial dimensions of racial formation and the significant demographic shifts taking place across the national landscape
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Asian Americans -- California -- Los Angeles Suburban Area
Hispanic Americans -- California -- Los Angeles Suburban Area
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
Asian Americans
Hispanic Americans
Race relations
SUBJECT Los Angeles Suburban Area (Calif.) -- Race relations
Subject California -- Los Angeles Suburban Area
Form Electronic book
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